How did SA win a Tony?

I saw SPRING AWAKENING for the first time...

it was terrible.

How did this hot mess win a Tony?

The amount of talent on that stage also lacked significantly. Went with my friend who had seen it the month it came to Broadway, and thinks it's gone down into the hell hole since then.

What's up with this??

Very informative. Thank you.

It's a genuine question, folks.

You can find a thousand opinions on this if you search for the thousand discussions we've had about this.

I love how new posters love to come on here and act like their poop doesn't stink, like they are number one. It ticks me off.

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Updated On: 11/6/08 at 11:45 PM

I love this thread. Spring Awakening was painful to sit through.

Flowery? The two most popular songs are "The B@#)% of Living" and "Totally F@#$%ed"

You are entitled to your opinion, but legions of fans disagree, not just Tony voters, but all those who kept the show alive for so long. I love the show.

I love you

the main issue is the new cast.

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Tony Voters vote, and they choose the winner. Then these envelopes with the names of the nominees get opened and they find out.

It's televised and everything, surprised you didn't know...

I haven't seen the new cast, maybe if you'd see the OBC it would have been a better experience.

That said, I thought SA was over-rated as well. I didn't hate it, but once was enough. My problem was with the Steven Sater adaptation from the original Frank Wedekind play, which is beautifully written and much more engrossing. Not to mention it was an amazingly bold story for the time of its writing. The changes SS made took away from the story IMO. The DS, SS music and lyrics - ehh, at 50 years old it's not likely you'll get me to enjoy a song called Totally F***ed. I did however find the Bitch of Living 'catchy'.

Still it had its good points. The energy of the young cast was a joy to watch and their performances for the most part very good. I thought the lighting was wonderful, loved the starkness of the stage, and for my money Bill T. Jones' choreography was some of the most inovative I've ever encountered. Enhancing and moving the story but not overpowering it. It blended beautifully into the framework of the production. I can't wait to see his genius in Fela!

Personally, I would loved to have seen Grey Gardens win, but it didn't kill me that SA took the spinny thing. So there ya have it - my two cents.

I am not the demographic that they went after but I loved it. I work with young people everyday and found it to be exhilarating and it spoke to me: the me of my youth, the me that touches the lives of young people and the me that wants to keep progressing.

I do SOLIDLY agree that the current cast (with a few exceptions) does not do the show justice...but I haven't seen them since August.

I think both the current Wendla and Ilse are better actors than the originals but not as good vocalists. I thing Canonico's Moritz is the weakest of the three that have portrayed him...by far. I didn't get to see Parrish in the role yet, but he's GOT to better than Riabko.

I don't think anyone is wrong for disliking a show, different strokes for different folks. I really didn't like Gypsy, or Phantom or Rent or lots of other shows that were/are massively popular. Doesn't make me right or wrong.

(But along the same lines I always ask: How the hell did Titanic win the Oscar for best picture? HATED it.)

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I love this thread. Spring Awakening was painful to sit through.

No way, that's new info.!

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Changes? I have not seen the show recently and did not realize there were directorial adjustments. If it ain't broke...

~Steven